The Canadian Press - NEW YORK, N.Y. - Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week.

The Canadian Press - NEW YORK, N.Y. - When he wanted to interview a source in Connecticut for a recent "World News" story on technology, ABC reporter Pierre Thomas didn't even leave the office. ABC's cameras showed him sitting in front of a computer screen, talking to Michael Coppolla through Skype.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co won the bidding war to buy data storage company 3PAR Inc for $2.4 billion, as rival Dell Inc bowed out on Thursday.

The Canadian Press - MUMBAI, India - India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype.

AFP - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Computer networking powerhouse Cisco on Thursday announced it intends to buy smart grid specialty firm Arch Rock.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.

Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics' first tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab, will go on sale in two weeks, it said on Thursday, turning up the heat on Apple Inc's iPad.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc introduced a new version of Apple TV on Wednesday with shows from just two networks, underscoring its struggles to win over a media industry worried about losing control over the pricing of its programs.

AFP - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google released an improved version of Chrome on Thursday as the Internet titan's Web browser turned two years old.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA has landed on the iPad.

AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - US computer giant Dell dropped out of the bidding for 3PAR on Thursday after Hewlett-Packard raised its offer for the data storage company to 33 dollars per share or 2.4 billion dollars.

Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp is aiming to grab a 50 percent share of the European 3D television market this year as demand outstrips expectations and the technology wins converts worldwide, its head of Europe said on Thursday.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hot microblogging service Twitter launched an application for the Apple iPad on Thursday to rave reviews from technology blogs.

AFP - KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A Malaysian journalist was charged Thursday over a satirical blog which made fun of the state power firm Tenaga, and faces a year's jail if convicted.

AFP - SINGAPORE (AFP) - Singapore Airlines (SIA) has directed its flight attendants to avoid discussing work-related matters on Facebook and other social networking websites, company officials said Thursday.

AFP - PARIS (AFP) - Agence France-Presse, one of the world's top news agencies, aims to stream its news direct to web users via hand-held devices and direct-access Internet content, not solely via its media clients, its chief executive Emmanuel Hoog said in comments published Thursday.

AFP - PARIS (AFP) - French computer services and consulting group Capgemini said on Thursday it has agreed to buy a 55-percent stake in Brazilian IT company CPM Braxis for 233 million euros (298 million dollars).

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google will power Internet search across AOL properties and AOL video will appear on YouTube under an agreement reached on Thursday between the Web companies.

AFP - HELSINKI (AFP) - Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, announced Thursday it would discontinue its popular mobile file-sharing service called Ovi Files as of October 1.

The Canadian Press - BERLIN - Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.'s popular iPad.

Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Critics hoping for more from Apple Inc's Web-to-TV plans -- a device, say, that would revolutionize living room entertainment the way the iPad changed tablet computing -- may just need to wait a bit longer.

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL Inc said on Thursday it has renewed a search agreement with Google Inc, further cementing a decade-long partnership as AOL tries to turn around its business.

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. communications regulators on Wednesday put off a controversial decision on Internet traffic rules, giving industry and consumer groups a chance to forge a compromise while avoiding a politically sensitive issue ahead of the November elections.

Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its Web-to-TV device on Wednesday, stepping up a battle with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp for control of the digital living room.

AFP - TOKYO (AFP) - In a rare victory for Sony over arch-rival Apple, the Walkman portable music player outsold the iPod in Japan in monthly sales for the first time in August, a survey showed Thursday.

Reuters - BURBANK, California (Reuters) - A booming market of tweens is changing the landscape of online games.

AFP - WELLINGTON (AFP) - New Zealand police said Thursday that Google did not commit a criminal offence when it collected data from wireless networks for its "Street View" mapping service.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US court appointed a mediator Wednesday to help with negotiations among creditors of the bankrupt Tribune Co., owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other newspapers.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to grow 31.5 percent this year to 300 billion dollars, technology research firm Gartner said Wednesday.

The Canadian Press - NEW YORK, N.Y. - Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors. What if they are picked out by a friend from college instead? Or a colleague from work? Or your mom? Anyone you know, really?

Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc unveiled a snazzier line of its iPod on Wednesday, with new designs for every model of the popular media device in hopes of kick-starting holiday sales.

Reuters - NEW DELHI/TORONTO (Reuters) - India added Google and Skype to its electronic security crackdown on Wednesday and began accessing some of the traffic carried on its initial target, Research In Motion's BlackBerry.

The Canadian Press - SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs announced a new line of iPods on Wednesday, including a Nano model that has a touch screen and lacks buttons.

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. communications regulators said on Wednesday they are considering whether wireless devices should be subject to different Internet traffic rules than telephone and cable lines, in a potential victory for carriers.

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Sony, battling Amazon and Apple in the electronic book reader race, unveiled its latest devices on Wednesday and expanded their availability to Australia, China, Italy, Japan and Spain.